Swim-action fish lure



Jan. 16, 1951 TENN SWIM-ACTION FISH LURE Filed May 5, 1949 Elma-INVENTOR. HAEOLDfll ENN) BY I AT TOENE Y6 end to a well known form ofswivel 21 but any suitable flexible connection may be provided betweenthe leader and the'fishing line. It will be noted that the diagonallypositioned leader 24 extends in the vertical plane of the centrallongitudinal axis of the lure and that its line tie 25 is at thetransverse center of the top of the lure and at the rear of the head I lor about one-fourth of the length of the lure from its blunt front end.That arrangement of the leader also positions the fish hook tie v2! inthe transverse center of the bottom of the lure and to the rear of theline tie.

- ,{Ijhe lure maybe made of wood, plastic, metal or other materials butwhen it is desired to have the lure fioat'when not in motion it shouldbe made of light wood; It may of course be suitably colored or decoratedand may be made in difierentfsizes. Formed in the front portion of thehead II is a transverse bore 28 to receive a removable cylindricalweight 29. The bore or' opening extends through the central longitudinalaxis of the lure adjacent the hollowed end 7 l8 and the weight issufiicient to'make the lure 4- other of the line of pull of the fishingline and changes its depth alternately going down and coming up to breakwater. By many experiments I have found that the lure will not spinbecause of the shape of the tail portion as above described; and that noair pockets or foaming wake will be created because of the design of thehead portion and because there is no hook load or drag to impede theaction, the leader eye being located back of the head as shown; The freeswinging attachment of the hook directly to the leader which extendsdiagonally in a forward and rearward direction as shown through the bodyof the lure and the freely flexible connection of float or sink headdown without the hook being attached; I V

The lure may be used for either casting or trolling. When it is pulledthrough the water the recessed end l8 resists the forward speed of thelure and might be termed a resister. The water pressure on it causes thehead I! to be pushed down because of the weight 29 and the I claim:

the line to the top of the leader, provides in connection with the shapeof the body, a very simple,

rugged, multi-action lure that can be used in tion has been shown anddescribed in detail, it is to be understood that variations in the form,

proportion and arrangement of parts are possible and contemplated'withinthe spirit of the invention and the scope of the claim which follows.

r A- fish lure of the character'described comprising an elongated;relatively flat, buoyant body having ahead portion of generallyrectangular shape in cross section with its ,longitudlnal edges rounded,said head portion'having a vertical height approximately" one-half ofits free pivotal suspension of the lure at the transverse center of therear part of the head and .at this position the fiat top l5 of the headbecomes a depressor which causes the lure to dive. When the lure rollsto oneside the flat top of the head becomes adefiector: causing the'lureto weave or move laterally, to either side of the-line or pull, and whenthe lure rolls. completelyover the said fiat area 15' becomes anelevator causing the hire to rise. The horizontal wiggling movement iscaused by the -r'esisterl8 and the manner of connecting the line to thelure at the center of the rear part of the head. As the lure is pulledthrough the water it seeks the path of 1 least resistance and the pathof least resistance for the resister as it faces straight forward is toswing to one side. At that position or angle the path of leastresistance is to reverse. This action keeps on repeating and causes avigorous wiggle which is regular or rhythmicaldue to' the shape of thetwo identical lips 19. Thisrhythmic action sets up a disturbance in thewater very' much likethe disturbance caused by the tailof a fish as itswims. I have found that. by

rounding the side walls 11 or at least the corners'or edges of both thehead and the body portions there is a minimum of resistance against therhythmic wiggling action caused by the resister 18; and also by makingthe side walls is of the tail fiat and perpendicular with sharp cornersor edges, the lure will be prevented from spinning. By reason of theshape of the lure and the manner of suspending it, the above describedactions take place, that is, when the lure is drawn through the water itwill continuously width and also having its fiat top parallel with theflat bottom of the body, the latter having a tail portion withrearwardly converging flat sides' perpendicular to the fiat bottom andtop 'silr faces of said head portion, the front end of said head portionhaving a horizontal concave recess bottom'surfaces'of the head portionupperand lower transvers l ps of the same size and sha e,

said lips having straight and parallel edges disposed in a transversevertical plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body, aline tie on the top of the body disposed at itstransverse ce'n' ter andadjacent therear'of said head portion, a fish hook tie on the bottom ofsaid body disposed at its transverse center and rearward of said linetie, and a weight in said head portion in advance of said line tie, V

p I 7 "HAROLD A. TENN.

REFERENCES oI'rED The renewing references'areof record in file of this'pate nt: v r

UNITED vs'rA'r-Es PATENTS Number 1 'Name "Date 1 ,394,313 f Leeper Oct.18, 1921 1,522,450 "Hayes-mu; Jan. 6, 1925 1,558,470 Gibson Oct. 27,1925 1,692,935 Heddon 'Nov.,2-'7, 1928 1,840,273 1 Lang Jan. 5; 19322,277,553 Malmborg 'Mar. 24, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number v -Country 7Date 54,302 "France Apr. 10,- 1940

